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i gr rrrrrw rrtf rrrr IHupw'wpr Wf pyyyy pn rrrTf'" ryyritnTiTTyi11 vTrrK i i 0. it 9 C2 Tuesday, April 26, 1 9BB South Bend Tribune SPORTS St. Joes defense makes difference against Marian By JOHN PARENT Tribune Sports Writer advantage. You have to give them credit for that. But having a 5-2-1 record makes it a little bit easier to take a loss like this.

We didnt get five victories until late in the season last year. St. Joe cashed in on its first opportunity midway through the first half when the Indians Mike Palmer collided with Marian defender Tim Killilea in the penalty area. St. Joe was awarded a penalty kick and when Matt Jameson booted the ball past Mark Van-11 uffel, the Indians led 1-0.

Less then two minutes later, it was 2-0 as Jameson took a pass from Palmer and dribbled down the sidelines to beat Vanlluffel a second time. Jameson, the leading scorer on the club, has 10 goals this season. That second goal really took a lot of gas out of us," said Roelke. St. Joe took advantage of a misplay by our sweeper.

St. Joes two quick goals turned the game around quickly. Marian actually controlled much of the action early. Marian has really improved," said They actually won the first 20 minutes of the game. Both teams blasted six shots at the net the first 40..

minutes, but St. Joe took its 2-0 advantage into half-; time. St. Joe controlled the field throughout the second half, firing nine shots at the Marian goal Palmer made it 3-0 on an assist from Jameson and David Medow" midway through the final period. Marian managed only two shots the final 40 mmutes, and both of those came in the last five minutes of the game.

Marian hosts Adams at 7 p.m. Wednesday in another important league battle. St. Joe travels to Clay Middle school to take on the host Colonials, also at 7. PREP SPOTLIGHT Defensive consistency might be the difference between first place and fifth place in the Northern Indiana Soccer League standings this season.

It was also the decisive factor in St. Josephs 3-0 victory over Marian at Bethel College Monday. It was the second victory in as many outings during a crucial stretch for the Indians, who lead the league with a 6-0 record. Last week, St. Joe edged Concord, another league power, 2-1.

The Indians play Clay, Penn, Elkhart Central and Adams in their next four games. The important thing is when you look up at the scoreboard after a game and see that zero there, said Indians! coach Larry Patterson. The offense may come and go, but you can always play defense. The majority of the leadership on this team has come from the defense with players like Roy Ketchum, Bobby Stigler and Mike Skurski. St.

Joe has allowed only three goals this season and all have come either on penality kicks or restarts. The strength of the Indians backline might be reflected in the play of David Brach, a reserve filling in for an injured starter at left back. David has filled in and played superbly in two critical games (Concord and Marian) for us, said Patterson. Solid defensive play also has been an element in Marians improving fortune. The Knights, only 7-9-2 a year ago, are 5-2-1 so far this season.

But a couple of mistakes proved costly in Mondays setback that dropped the Marian back into the middle of the NISL standings. St. Joe capitalized on a couple of our mistakes, said Marian coach Roy Roelke. Theyre a strong team, but I felt we played them fairly even the first half. We just made a couple of mistakes and they took Mari.in St Joseph's SJ Matt Jameson unassisted.

22 33 SJ Jameson assisted by Mike Palmer and Bob Stigler, 23 47 SJ Palmer assisted by Jameson and David Medow, 45 35 Shots St Joseph's 16, Marian 8 Saves Marian 7 (Mark Van-Huttel), St Joseph's 4 (Matt Muempher) Corner kicks St Josephs 7, Marian 7 0o 13 New Prairie and Adams perfect 5 'bp 1 Xn.mi.m,, St. Josephs Matt Scharf, center, maneuvers down field in Mondays game Tickets on sale for Russian in Tribune Photo CHARLES ESHELMAN against Marian. game by the Region II coaches association as the areas wide receiver' nominee for the annual North-South All-Star football game. DeCraene earned 75 tackle points for the Cavemen last season. He Made 17 solo tackles.

He intercepted four passes and returned one for a touchdown. Butler posted a 9-1-1 record last season. The Bulldogs finished eighth in the nation in NCAA Division II. CFA awards Irish excellence in classroom For the fourth time in eight years Notre Dame has received the College Football Associations Academic Achievement Award. The Irish couldnt lose this year.

All the football players who entered the university on scholarship in 1982 graduated. Notre Dame also won the award from 1982-1984, but the class of 86 was the first to have a 100 percent graduation rate. In judging the award, the CFA allows five years for graduation and then accepts nominations the following fall. So the totals on the Notre Dame class of 82 were filed in the fall of 87. Dinner honors three NEW YORK (AP) Julius Erv-ing, Walter Payton and Tom Seaver, three certain Hall of, Famers who retired from their sports within the last year, will be honored tonight at the 16th annual Multiple Sclerosis Dinner of Cham-1 pions.

records Jim Gross (W 2-3), Lance Bucher (5) and Jeff Mitzner, Greg Adams (4); Jack Barney (L 0-1), Randy Stoll (1), Rob Grasa (2), Jerry Ripley (3) and Brian Meinecke. 2B Randy Stoll (WT) 2, Cory Mack (L), Mike Welkie (L) 2. 3B Sean Bailey (L). HR Kevin Ketchmark (L), Jeff Mitzner (L). West Noble 7, Hamilton 6 HAMILTON Brad Kendall struck out 10, walked two and helped his cause with a bases-load-ed single in the third inning as West Noble won the Northeast Comer Conference game.

Jeff Richendollar also singled with the bases loaded as West Noble scored five in the third inning. KendaU and Richendollar each had a double and single. Steve James had three hits for the hosts. West Noble 005 002 0-7 5 6 Hamilton 101 020 26 7 2 Brad Kendall (W 3-2) and Jeff Richendollar; Brad Meyers, Toby Cool (3) (L) and Chad Norris. 2B Toby Cool (H), Brad Kendall (WN), Jeff Richendollar (WN).

Records West Noble 3-9 (3-1 NECC), Hamilton 7-4 (2-3 NECC). Elk. Central 7, Mishawaka 4 ELKHART Mishawaka scored four runs in the sixth inning on a 3-run homer by Jeff Kruszewski and a solo shot by Eric Paul, to erase a 3-0 deficit, but Central answered with four runs in the bottom half of the inning. Mishawaka 000 004 04 7 1 Central 002 014 7 5 1 Mickey Hess. Jeff Kruszewski (5) (L) and Ron Pelletier; Jason Pilarski, Mike Cosentmo (6) (W 2-1) and Kraig Pringle.

2B Dave Sidenbender (M), Matt Brown (M). HR Jeff Kruszewski (M), Eric Paul (M). Records: Central 11-3 (4-0 in NIC), Mishawaka 2-6-1 (0-4 NIC). Washington 13, Elston 10 MICHIGAN CITY Jeff Walters grand-slam homer in the eighth inning wrapped it up for Washington after Darryl Jenkins drove in the lead run. Washington, behind 8-2, tied the game by scoring six in the seventh on only one hit.

Washington 020 000 6513 7 3 MC. Elston 000 602 0210 7 2 Ted Kubisiak, Mike Gerbasich (4), Darryl Jenkins (4), Gerbasich (5), Kubisiak (6), Jenkins (8) and Chris Gustafson; Kris Patterson, Roman Przybylmski (7), Tom Dombrowski (8) and Mike Moldenhauer. 2B Joel Turak (W), Roman Przybylmski (E). HR Jeff Walters (W). Records: Washington 6-8 (3-1 in NIC), Elston 4-7 (2-2 NIC).

Bremen 17, Plymouth 6 PLYMOUTH Rich Moren, Joe Bennett and Steve Unrue each belted home runs and collected three hits to lead the Lions to the Northern Lakes Conference victory. Bennett also registered five RBI. Corby Myers contributed three hits to the 15-hit Lion attack. Bremen 430 223 317 15 1 Plymouth 030 300 0 6 4 2 Joe Bennett, Tim Lawmaster (2), Bennett (4) (W 1-3) and Casey Miller; Rewtorth (L), Mattix (2), Surber (7) and Mark Huff. 2B Tim Lawmaster (B), Whitmire (P), Hel-vey.

HR Rich Moren (B), Joe Bennett (B), Steve Unrue. Records: Bremen 4-5, Plmouth 4-6. SB. SOX from Page Cl inning. Cesar Bernhardt started South Bends seventh-inning eruption with his second single of the game.

Larry Allens double to right scored Bernhardt and erased a 1-0 Clinton lead and chased starter and loser Scott Nelson. Cliff Gonzalez rapped a single for the go-ahead run. Dwayne Hosey drove in the third run with a single, his second hit. Hosey took third on a throwing error by relief pitcher Jim Terrill and scored on a wild pitch. It was good to see the guys come through in a clutch situation, Dillard said.

Gonzalez going to left against a lefty may have been the biggest hit weve had all year. It was Gonzalezs second gamewinning RBI this season. Ive just been going up and trying to be aggressive, Gonzalez said. He just hung a curve and I capitalized. I got a pitch I could hit.

Ive been relaxed, Gonzalez said. But when the pitcher makes a good pitch there's nothing you can do. This was a big win for us," Gonzalez added. I think it will start a little winning streak for us. If the bats come alive maybe well get some momentum going.

Hosey, who smacked a single and a double, said he felt the Soxs bats were breaking out of their slump. maintain NEW CARLISLE Dean Schmidt knocked in Rich Robinson in the eighth inning to give No. 5-ranked New Prairie a 2-1 victory over Northern State Conference foe Jimtown Monday. Robinson had singled and moved to second on a sacrifice. The Cougars, who raised their record to 10-0 and 4-0 in the NSC, have won 21 straight conference games.

Winning pitcher Geno Klute gave up his only run of the season (covering 18 innings) in the fourth and the Cougars didnt tie it until the sixth. Jeff Adams had two hits for Jimtown. Jimtown 000 100 001 3 1 New Prairie 000 001 01 2 5 1 Mark Owen (L) and Steve Hamby; Geno Klute (W, 3-0) and Dean Schmidt. 2B Jett Adams (J). Records Jimtown 2-8 (1-4 in the Northern State Conference), New Prairie 10-0 (4-0).

Adams 5, Riley 3 Mark Navarre tripled home three runs in the first inning and the Eagles held on for their 13th straight victory and fourth in the Northern Indiana Conference. Navarre finished with three hits. 1 Mike Buczkowski and Terry Allen each cracked two hits for Adams and Darrin Stull had a pair of hits for Riley. Adams and Elkhart Central, both unbeaten in the NIC, meet at Adams Wednesday at 5. Riley 020 001 0-3 7 3 Adams 302 000 5 9 3 Tony Tompkins (L, 1-1) and Scott Wiec-zorek; Rob Bennett (W, 5-0) and Mike Buczkowski.

2B Damn Stull (R), Scott Stiver (R). 3B Brad Burkhart (R), Mike Land (R), Mark Navarre (A) 2. Records Adams 13-0 (4-0 in the NIC), Riley 5-6 (1-3). Triton 7, Knox 2 BOURBON Tony Setser pitched a 4-hitter, struck out seven, and knocked in the lead run in the second inning. Setser, Jason Bradway, and Todd Watkins each had a double and single for the Trojans.

Knox 100 100 02 6 4 Triton 121 003 7 1 0 3 Strong (L) and Wallsmith; Tony Setser (W 3-2) and Todd Lemler. 2B Todd Watkins (T), Jim Shively (T), Tony Setser (T), Jason Bradway (T). Records: Knox 4-7 (1-3 NSC), Triton 3-7-1 (2-1-1 NSC). South Central 11, 0-D 1 UNION MILLS David VanWarmer tripled home two runs and Geoff Leek drove home two more as host South Central won in five innings. Mike Miller and VanWarmer each scored twice.

Leek picked up the victory, allowing three hits. Oregon-Davis 001 00 1 3 1 SouthCentral 380 Ox 11 9 2 Rick Budka (L, 0-3) and Jett Ernsberger; Geotf Leek (W, 2-0) and Jason Treece. 2B Stpva Cox (SC). 3B David VanWarmer (SC). Records South Central 11-2, Oregon-Davis 2-7.

PIRATES from Page Cl to a league-leading .404. Can the Pirates really be contenders in a division where many expected the New York Mets a team whose payroll is four times higher than Pittsburghs to win 100 games? In our minds we know we can contend, LaValliere said. Others may be asking if we can stick in there until September. But the important thing is the people in this clubhou se believe it. They are the ones who have to go out there and play." Van Slyke said the momentum the Pirates generated last season has carried over because We found out we really do have a good team.

If ve hadnt finished the way we did, I dont think wed be in the position were in. We discovered we could win with the players we have now, he said. And were a year older and smarter and more mature. Van Slyke predicted in spring training the Pirates would contend if five or six guys have career years, because thats what you have to have with a young club like ours." So far, they are. The Pirates have three of the N.L.s top 10 hitters: LaValliere, Bobby Bonilla (.338) and Sid Bream Bonilla 1s tied for the N.L lead in homers (six) and RBI (17).

Barry Bonds is tied for second in homers with five. in (2). 4. H.S. BASEBALL NIC standings Adams 4-0, Elkhart Central 4-0, Clay 3-1, Washington 3-1, M.C.

Elston 2-2, Elkhart Memorial 2-2, Penn 1-3, Riley 1-3, Mishawaka 0-4, LaSalle 0-4. North White 3, North Judson 2 MONON Winning pitcher Dwight Salinjusjoubled home Tom Weybright inthebottom of the seventh as North White won. The Bluejays had tied the game the top of the seventh on RBI singles by Bradd Biggs and Craig Rowe. Jesse Stacey had two hits and pitched the last four innings. Salina went the distance for the hosts and helped his own cause with two doubles.

North Judson 000 000 22 5 3 North White 0001 01 13 4 1 Kerry Ingram, Jesse Stacev (4) (L 1-1) and Jerry Sanchez; Dwight Salma (W) and Tony Rogers. 2B Jesse Stacey (NJ), Craig Rowe (NJ), Dwayne Marohl (NW), Dwight Salina (NW) Records: North Judson 8-5, North White 4- Culver 12, LaVille 6 CULVER Chris Good tripled with the bases loaded to highlight a 9-run third inning for Culver in the Northern State Conference game. Teammate Bill Bauer had three hits. For LaVille, Darren Sauer had two hits. LaVille 000 120 3 6 6 1 Culver 309 000 12 15 3 Ken Yoder (L, 0-1), Junior Oviedo (3) and Jeff Kaiser; Ron Remhold (W, 2-0), Derek Keller (7) and Marc Hoefert.

2B Steve Bullard (L), Jason Peters (C), CHad Hopple (C). 3B Chris Good (C). Records: LaVille 1-7 (1-3 In the Northern State Conference), Culver 5-4-1 (2-1-1). Northridge 6, Goshen 0 GOSHEN Steve Coleman struck out 11 and walked one in pitching his second consecutive 2-hit shutout as Northridge moved into a tie with Goshen in the Northern Lakes Conference. Randy Cook hit a 2-run single in the Raiders 6-run sixth inning.

Lamar Helmuth had two hits for the winners. Northridge 000 006 06 6 3 Goshen 000 000 00 2 1 Steve Coleman (W 4-2) and Mike Miller; Steve Cnpe (L), Thad Holden (6) and Andy Wallen. Records: Northridge 8-4 (3-1 NLC), Goshen 10-2 (3-1 NLC). LaCrosse 26, Washington Twp. 6 VALPARAISO Jeff Mitzners grand slam and Mike Welkies two doubles for three RBIs were the big blows in Lacrosses Porter County Conference victory, shortened to five innings because of the 10-run rule.

Kevin Ketchmark also registered three RBI and homered. Pat Tucker had two hits. LaCrosse 57(13) 1028 13 3 Washington Twp 31 2 00 6 8 5 RAY PAYTON S.B. Soxs Payton player of the week South Bends Ray Payton has opened some eyes in the Midwest League office with his torrid hitting streak. The Sox leftfielder earned league hitter of the week honors for April 17-23.

Payton blistered the ball for 16 hits in 25 at bats, a .640 batting average. He also boasted a phenomenal .760 slugging average and a .690 on-base STEDDICK BARNES Steddick, Barnes sign Local swimming standouts Paula Steddick and Kimberly Barnes Monday signed national letters of intent to accept full college athletic scholarships. Steddick of Penn High School will swim at the University of Arizona and Elkhart Memorials Barnes will compete at Northwestern University. Both swam for the amateur Mi-chiana Marlins under coach Stephen Fish. Were proud of them, Fish said Monday night.

They were the only two seniors on the (Marlin) team and they both got Steddick swam in the 500-, freestyles. Barnes competed in the 50 and 100 freestyle and won the 1986 state championship in the 100 butterfly. Barnes was a Junior Olympic finalist in the 100 butterfly last winter. DeCraene to attend Butler Mishawaka High Schools Don DeCraene will continued his football and academic career at Butler University in In- dianapolis. DeCraene earned Tribune all-area honors (all classes) and all-Northern Indiana Conference honors last season at defensive back.

He was also voted DeCRAENE Tickets for a basketball game featuring the Concord AAU.team against a touring Soviet National Junior team will go on sale Wednesday. The game will be played at 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 10, at Notre Dames Joyce Athletic and Convocation Center. Featured members of the Concord AAU team include Shawn Kemp, Indianas Mr. Basketball Woody Austin and Chandler Thompson of Muncie Central.

Other area players include Eric Dolezal of LaPorte, Scott Blum and Rick Budka of Oregon-Davis and Concords Steve Larkin. Also, a girls game pitting the Hoosierettes coached by Marvin Wood and the Mount Vernon AAU team will be played at 6 p.m. Included on the Hoosierette roster are Sheryl Lynch of Riley and La-Villes Lana Zartman. Tickets are priced at $6 for platform and lower arena and $4 for bleachers. They are available at all Ticketmaster outlets as well as the JACC or can be purchased by phone at 800-284-3030.

Lynch to Illinois-Chicago Sheryl Lynch, Riley High Schools standout in girls basketball for the past four years, signed a letter of intent to play basketball next year for the University of Illinois at Chicago. The Riley senior averaged 19.4 points a game last year which established a school record in girls point production. Lynch also made the first team in the Northern Indiana Conference. She was one of the 40 girls invited to try out for the Indiana All-Star team. Were coming out of it, said Hosey.

When all of us start doing it at the same time, were going to score a lot of runs. Ray Payton had his 8-game hitting streak ended. He also had a 7-game hitting streak earlier this season. SOX NOTES South Bend player-coach Ed Sedar has joined the coaching profession full time. He has been replaced on the roster by pitcher Julian Gonzalez, who was to join the team today.

Gonzalez is entering his eighth season in pro baseball. The right-hander was with the Soxs Daytona Beach farm team in Class A last season and has a 30-25 record overall. Sox rightfielder Rodney McCray finished his three-game suspension. He was sidelined after bumping an umpire Friday at Quad City. South Bond 4, Clinton 2 CLINTON CoOPOTtf Micholok Owomc Cordon ph Coitwfi 1b Johmonlb GotnsH Cuorrorolb Vuidh Miidrrf Totott Clinton Sooth Bond ob SOUTH BEND 1 2 SHottvrt 9 2 2 Ocotiodh 4 0 I 0 Povtonlf 19 9 1 Mokiudlonc 4 9 9 0 Bomhordt 2b 4 9 9 9 Alton lb 4 9 2 9 South Jb 4 1 1 9 Gontotarf 4 9 9 9 VotoroM 4 9 19 99 2 12 2 Totott bi 1 2 1 9 9 9 9 0 0 9 9 0 1 2 9 1 1 1 9 9 0 1 1 1 0 9 9 29 4 4 9 MO 101-2 0 000 40k 4 Gomo-winnlno RBI-C Gonwditt) OP -Clinton Guor rro LOB Clinton 11, South Bond4 7B-Hov, Alton, Coopor SB Bornhordt 0), Owont (1), Colbort 01.

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